reporting live in oakland, katie nielsen. >> katie, just to confirm , the entire area surrounding this particular location has been evacuated, there is nobody here who could be in any kind of danger in the surrounding buildings, right? >> reporter: there is not. liz, what we found out about 30 minutes ago is that as soon as oakland police found out that there was an explosive device here, or potentially explosive device, something suspicious, they did start evacuating buildings. we asked if any of those were residential buildings, they said the majority were businesses. so, people are cleared out of the area. the only ones nearby are those bomb technicians who are trying to figure out exactly what it is you are dealing with. >> there are plenty of surveillance cameras around the area. katie, thank you for that report. >>> a live look from chapter 5, we will keep monitoring these developments from downtown oakland and we will bring you any news as we get it. >>> to another deadly traffic collision on san jose streets, two pedestrians were killed and another was injured when a car struck

. >> katie nielsen is live at the scene with the latest for us. katie? >> reporter: about five or 10 minutes ago this scene completely broke down becaus the alameda county bomb squad determined the suspicious package they have been looking at all afternoon turned out to be a hoax. they said that it was designed to look exactly like a pipe bomb. it had circuit boards, wires, screws, but when they actually did the x-rays on that to determine what it was, they figured out that it was not in fact an explosive device, so, the bomb squad team went over to pick it up and they found some type of note inside to law enforcement. now fbi is not saying what that night note contained. they said it could be relevant to the case. they do have some video surveillance of the person who left that device in the planter , below the flagpole in front of the federal building around 12:30 this afternoon. they are still looking for that suspect at this time. we did ask investigators if there was a motive or what exactly the note said. all they told us was that the note was spec

and temperatures go, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >>> we will not leave michelle behind. we will use her light to forge forward as one city committed to one another's wellness. >> another vigil was held a few hours ago in times square, directly above the subway station where she died. and in the city where she spent a decade doing volunteer work to help the on housed. people like her. her family says her attacker is schizophrenic and has been in and out of hospitals for decades. >> her family is asking for privacy as they mourn. they described her as a beautiful kind woman who loved her family and friends, adding we are in a state of shock and grieving the loss of our daughter, sister, and friend. we hope michelle will be remembered for how she lived and noticed how she died. >>> taking a look at san francisco were to nightmare london breed is pushing to change a city security camera law to curb crime. existing law currently bans police for monitoring security cameras in real time. the mayor's office says that makes it more difficult to disrupt crimes am i like the open a

let's get right to kpix 5's katie nielsen near the federal building with what she has just learned. katie? >> reporter: liz, we just found out that this was all a very elaborate hoax. just a few minutes ago, the alameda county bomb squad did pick up that suspicious device, that was after they did a number of x-rays and were able to determine that there was no way for this device to actually detonate. in those x-rays, they did earlier see circuit boards, wires, and screws, which led them to believe that this could actually have been an excellent explosive device. that is why they have been keeping this area blocked off for the past five hours. >> that planter box has been difficult to work in. it has been very deep, where the device is and it is kind of sandwiched in around dirt and soil and terrain inside that planter boxes are it has been difficult to work it. >> reporter: as you just heard, a spokesperson for the alameda county sheriff's department explaining why it has type taken them so long to determine that this was just an elaborate hoax. that is because of the location of th

in oakland, katie nielsen, kpix5 news. >>> hours of covid safety talks ion negotiators lefts the rights reading frustrated and disappointed. 616 teachers called out sick, down for more than 700, yesterday. they are demanding high-grade masks, weekly testing for students and staff, and sick leave extensions to get through the omicron surge. and district leaders are concerned about the cost of sick leave, they say they need more time to run the numbers, and want to return to the bargaining table, next week. >>> there is no question, students in west contra costa will stay home, tomorrow, with the district shutting down until tuesday. the district will be deep cleaning the campus, and giving covid positive staff and students time to recover. >>> california hospitals are struggling to maintain staffing with more and more healthcare workers sidelined after being exposed or infected. 40% of state hospitals are expected to face critical staffing shortages. some are reporting as much as a quarter of their staff missing time due to the virus. if you are looking for a covid test or vaccine, check